NFL notebook: Marshall reports to Broncos camp

Published 5:56 pm, Monday, August 31, 2009

BRONCOS -- Recalcitrant receiver Brandon Marshall reported to team headquarters. He missed all offseason workouts while rehabbing from hip surgery and protesting his contract and his medical treatment from the team.

Marshall, who has asked for a trade, reported to camp along with the quarterbacks, rookies and other players coming off injuries. The first full squad workout is Friday.

Marshall skipped the team's voluntary offseason workouts while rehabbing from his hip operation in March.

He then boycotted the mandatory minicamp in protest of his $2.2 million salary and what he felt was the team's misdiagnosis of his hip injury last season.

Marshall, coming off back-to-back 100-catch seasons and his first Pro Bowl appearance, had hoped to follow Pro Bowl quarterback Jay Cutler out of town, but he has no leverage to force a trade.

He had worked his way up to be the nickel back and primary punt returner, until suffering a severe leg injury last November.

n The agent for Percy Harvin is expected to open negotiations in earnest this week in hopes of getting his client signed by the time the team reports to training camp on Thursday.

BILLS -- Receiver Steve Johnson is out indefinitely with an injury to his rib cartilage.

Coach Dick Jauron said that Johnson's ribs are very sore a day after the player was hurt in practice during training camp. The injury is a setback to the second-year player, who was expected to compete for the team's fifth receiver spot.